Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference (RMIHC), September 19 and 20

Graeme Pente

2 years ago

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Erstwhile introduces this weekend’s conference run by CU’s history graduate students.

Every year for the past fifteen years, the graduate students in the Department of History at the University of Colorado Boulder have hosted an interdisciplinary history conference, RMIHC. This conference brings together aspiring historians from across the country for two days in beautiful Boulder where they can share their research in a congenial, professional environment and gain some experience in giving public presentations. You can find the program below. Our friends over at RMIHC are very excited to host scholars from a wide variety of schools to discuss an array of historical subjects. If you are in the Boulder area this weekend, come join us on the second floor of the Hellems Arts and Sciences building on the CU-Boulder main campus. Registration is free for students, faculty, and staff of the university and is $10 per day for the general public. If you are not around this weekend, please join us for next year’s conference and watch for our call for papers in the spring!

RMIHC Program, 2015

Saturday, September 19th

9:15 – 9:45 am Registration/Check-in, Hellems 2nd Floor

9:45 – 11:00 am PRESENTATIONS: SESSION I

Panel I-A: Communities of Discourse in Colorado, Hellems 245

Chair: Julia Frankenbach, University of Colorado Boulder

Commentator: Dr. Thomas Andrews, University of Colorado Boulder

Presentations:

Graeme A. Pente, University of Colorado Boulder: The Colorado Chautauqua: White, Middle-Class Empire on the Plains

Beau Driver, University of Colorado Boulder: “A Well Located Chautauqua”: The Garden of the Gods Assembly of 1902

R. Norton Herbst, University of Denver: Historical Growth of Non-Denominational Churches in Denver: A Quantitative Analysis and Its Challenges

Panel I-B: Faith, Identity, and Politics, Hellems 247

Chair: TBA

Commentator: Abby Lagemann, University of Colorado Boulder

Presentations:

Jillien Zudell, Western Illinois University: The Year(s) Without a Santa Claus: The Assault on and Defense of Christmas in Popular Print during the English Civil War and Interregnum

Kathryn Agnes Huether, University of Colorado Boulder: A Reflection of Society: An Assessment of Music as a Theoretical Approach in the Process of Understanding Jewish Identity

Damian Nemirovsky, University of California, Santa Barbara: Creating a Space for Catholic Progressives in Argentina’s University Student Politics: The First Generation of the Argentine Humanist Student League

11:00 – 11:15 pm BREAK

11:15 am – 12:30 pm PRESENTATIONS: SESSION II

Panel II-A: Media and Contemporary American Culture, Hellems 245

Chair: Alex Langer, University of Colorado Boulder

Commentator: Dr. Vilja Hulden, University of Colorado Boulder

Presentations:

Dexter Nelson II, University of Central Oklahoma: Marvel’s The Punisher: A Personification of the Vietnam War and the Growing Crime Wave of the 1970s

Garrett Hillyer, University of Central Florida: Magic Trick: Extortion, Dirty Politics, and the Foundation of the Orlando Magic Basketball Franchise

Benjamin G. Rose, University of Central Oklahoma: US Anti-Haitianism: Racism and Religious Intolerance in U.S. perceptions of Haiti

Panel II-B: Narratives of the Modern, Hellems 247

Chair: Dr. Marcia Yonemoto, University of Colorado Boulder

Commentator: Benjamin Montoya, University of Colorado Boulder

Presentations:

Patricia Helfenbein, University of Colorado Boulder: From Roads to Revolution: Kim Ok-kyun and a History of Modern East Asia

Jordan M. Reed, Drew University: Thomas A. Bailey and The American Pageant: The Construction of a Modern American History Textbook

Jessica Coker, Florida State University: The Transformation of Nature Through Misguided Efforts of Modernization and Its Consequences in the Landscape of Florida